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Stolen Misconception: The Pundit Fallacy By David Leonhardt

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A Stolen Misconception
An article based upon a fallacy is deemed to be quite intriguing when an esteemed journalist is the writer. David Leonhardt, the author of The Pundit Fallacy, further interests the audience as he illustrates an extreme faulty within our society. Leonhardt is an Op-Ed columnist for The New York Times. He has won numerous awards as well as having previously worked for The Washington Post. Most of his articles typically involve modern political issues as well as news surrounding our current president.
In the article The Pundit Fallacy, David Leonhardt explains the balance between a journalist and a politician through a coined phrase, known as “The Pundit Fallacy”. The fallacy most nearly represents how politicians can improve …show more content…

In the beginning, I sympathized toward the cause of the children, and I agreed with the author. His pathos allowed me to agree with him and disagree with the actions of the Republicans. Moreover, as the author explained the Pundit Fallacy, I also had a positive reaction as he stated that he tried to avoid the fallacy in his writing. I believe that the avoidance of this fallacy is quite honorable, considering many politicians and journalists like to use one another to gain the attention or vote of the public. Furthermore, the end of the article drew up a negative reaction, for Leonhardt stated that the Republican opinion was false, and this was merely based upon the fact that the man was a Republican. This kind of judgement is not just, and it is quite unprofessional for a writer to use such language especially when an article will be posted under the name of a company. Additionally, some comments that the author made were unsupported with statistics, and I can not fully verify any of these comments. Despite these errors, the majority of the article contained accurate information as well as an argument that was developed quite

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